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Input matters: speed of word recognition in 2-year-olds exposed to multiple accents

Buckler, Helen; Oczak-Arsik, Sara; Siddiqui, Nazia; Johnson, Elizabeth K.

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Sara Oczak-Arsik

Nazia Siddiqui

Elizabeth K. Johnson



Abstract

Although studies investigating language abilities in young children exposed to more than one language have become common, there is still surprisingly little research examining language development in children exposed to more than one accent. Here, we report two looking-while-listening experiments examining the impact of routine home exposure to multiple accents on 2-year-olds’ word recognition abilities. In Experiment 1, we found that monolingual English-learning 24-month-olds who routinely receive exposure to both Canadian English and a non-native variant of English are less efficient in their recognition of familiar words spoken in Canadian English than monolingual English-learning 24-month-olds who hear only Canadian English at home. In Experiment 2, we found that by 34 months of age all children recognize words equally quickly regardless of their accent exposure at home. We conclude that monolingual toddlers in some locations may form a less homogeneous population than past work has assumed, a factor that should be considered when drawing generalizations about language development across different populations.

Citation

Buckler, H., Oczak-Arsik, S., Siddiqui, N., & Johnson, E. K. (in press). Input matters: speed of word recognition in 2-year-olds exposed to multiple accents. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 164, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2017.06.017

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 28, 2017
Online Publication Date Aug 4, 2017
Deposit Date Aug 31, 2017
Publicly Available Date Aug 31, 2017
Journal Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
Print ISSN 0022-0965
Electronic ISSN 1096-0457
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 164
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2017.06.017
Keywords Word recognition, Speech perception, Language acquisition
Accents, Multicultural, Multilingual
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/876168
Publisher URL http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022096517304344
Contract Date Aug 31, 2017

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